My fourth post here :
Was at home for a few days for Onam vacations and again am back here.. About to post something which is a message for all ....
Pleasing God is my topic for today...... Hope that you would be blessed by reading this blog of mine.. Me being a Christian believer, wanted to share my thoughts with you on this rather important topic.
I would like to tell you that if you please God, it doesn’t matter who you do NOT please. But if you do not please God, it doesn’t matter whom you please!!! Do you agree with me here? yes, am sure you do... please, read on........
Pleasing God is often a tough task, yet a Christian is pronounced - Bright Light, Strong Witness, Calm refuge and Stabilizing Force – among all the people. Why is it so? First, In an angry dark world, the Christian is a Bright Light. If you lead a joyful life, you will definitely attract attention. Like bees to a flower bud...As Jesus taught in His Sermon on the Mount “you are the light of the world.. let your light shine before men”{Mathew 5:14,16} The people of this world needs the joy that shines from within you. The joy of the Lord IS OUR STRENGTH!
Second, In a sinful, lawless society, the clean Christian is a strong witness to God’s Power to overcome sin. Bible urges us to stay clean. In this society which has lost its way in endless ways, a clean Christian is a beacon of hope, proclaiming that freedom and fullness is possible only through Jesus Christ.
Third, In a turbulent environment of deception, the discerning Christian is a Calm refuge. Think straight and be discerning. How do we discern?? Listen.... Listen closely.. Listen ever more closely.......For Truth! If what you are hearing conflicts with the truths and practices of the Bible, learn to Reject it – instantly!!
Fourth and final, in this insecure and totally confused age, the confident Christian is a stabilizing force. Stand firm... Let the Lord use you to bring stability in the church and in an unsteady world. Always be concerned of a brother’s / sister’s spiritual growth. Never merely be a church-goer, but a Church – doer.
Last but not the least, Practising a close fellowship with God brings in joy, purity, assurance, discernment and confidence.
Well, am about to stop here..... I will continue on similar topics later... Hope you hav had 'food for thought" - for today...
God bless you .
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Travelling down Memory Lane..
Whispers of Morning Dew..
My third post.......
Each of the passing moments in our life immediately ceases to be the present and enters the much-guarded chamber of our body- The Heart....
Collected , weaved and connected in a web pattern, those moments are safely arranged in the folder named – Memories......
These memories, whether good or bad, happy or sad, then reign our life. Quite often, the folder plunges open, and the web untwines, then enters our present, sometimes even uninvited............
Each of us have childhood memories, childhood home and friends, school day memories..and finally, before we enter our full-fledged responsibilities, Our dear College Life.. These memories invade our thoughts more often than any other.. Like yours, my memory plays the same game with me.
Those days at school and college........ the wonderful castles where I was delicately brought up, the places where I learned the meaning of friendship, trust and love, the place which taught me to respect and treasure my teachers, where I once thought that exams, silly fights, art days, sports days, annual days where all what life was all about...... ...As these sweet-but-painfully sweet memories fly past, I regret that I once had taken this all for granted and wish that I could turn the merciless wheels of Time.. just to relish the worth of those moments once more in my life..! One by one, the faces of all those who have walked in and out of my school and college life, some who have made a lasting impression, some who left a lasting vacuum within, some who meant everything then, some who did not mean anything at all..........every single face swim before my eyes all too often.....and then I wish and pray that God gives me a chance to meet each and every one of them, to thank them for all the part they played into making me who Iam, that the world sees today!
Yet , the reality slams down on me real hard that I may not meet some of them , perhaps the most important ones who moulded me............And I shudder when i ask - Why has life changed so much..?? Sometimes, I say to myself – Unfair life! But later, I realise that the God who sets the sun down on each of my days, is wise enough to know who I need and at what time, more than I can ever fathom. And as God makes the sun rise on my days now, I thank God for His Infinite Wisdom, for He knows my tomorrows better than I knew my yesterdays.....He has given me new experiences, new friends, new routines, and of course , the freedom for new experiments , placing my absolute faith and trust in Him, like little Issac did to his father, Abraham............
Let us not pass each moment without relishing them... let us not let any moment fly by without enjoying them.........let us not all commit the same mistake we once did “taking for granted”....
Let us vow to ourselves that we shall , take time to look at the flowers around and drown in their colors, smell the rain-kissed earth, feel the innocence in a child’s smile, know the bliss of love in the eyes of a newly married couple, take to heart the satisfaction in the old couple’s hand-in-hand walk...................yes, let us vow to ourselves to enjoy the beauty of this beautiful planet, each moment..........one step at a time.....
My third post.......
Each of the passing moments in our life immediately ceases to be the present and enters the much-guarded chamber of our body- The Heart....
Collected , weaved and connected in a web pattern, those moments are safely arranged in the folder named – Memories......
These memories, whether good or bad, happy or sad, then reign our life. Quite often, the folder plunges open, and the web untwines, then enters our present, sometimes even uninvited............
Each of us have childhood memories, childhood home and friends, school day memories..and finally, before we enter our full-fledged responsibilities, Our dear College Life.. These memories invade our thoughts more often than any other.. Like yours, my memory plays the same game with me.
Those days at school and college........ the wonderful castles where I was delicately brought up, the places where I learned the meaning of friendship, trust and love, the place which taught me to respect and treasure my teachers, where I once thought that exams, silly fights, art days, sports days, annual days where all what life was all about...... ...As these sweet-but-painfully sweet memories fly past, I regret that I once had taken this all for granted and wish that I could turn the merciless wheels of Time.. just to relish the worth of those moments once more in my life..! One by one, the faces of all those who have walked in and out of my school and college life, some who have made a lasting impression, some who left a lasting vacuum within, some who meant everything then, some who did not mean anything at all..........every single face swim before my eyes all too often.....and then I wish and pray that God gives me a chance to meet each and every one of them, to thank them for all the part they played into making me who Iam, that the world sees today!
Yet , the reality slams down on me real hard that I may not meet some of them , perhaps the most important ones who moulded me............And I shudder when i ask - Why has life changed so much..?? Sometimes, I say to myself – Unfair life! But later, I realise that the God who sets the sun down on each of my days, is wise enough to know who I need and at what time, more than I can ever fathom. And as God makes the sun rise on my days now, I thank God for His Infinite Wisdom, for He knows my tomorrows better than I knew my yesterdays.....He has given me new experiences, new friends, new routines, and of course , the freedom for new experiments , placing my absolute faith and trust in Him, like little Issac did to his father, Abraham............
Let us not pass each moment without relishing them... let us not let any moment fly by without enjoying them.........let us not all commit the same mistake we once did “taking for granted”....
Let us vow to ourselves that we shall , take time to look at the flowers around and drown in their colors, smell the rain-kissed earth, feel the innocence in a child’s smile, know the bliss of love in the eyes of a newly married couple, take to heart the satisfaction in the old couple’s hand-in-hand walk...................yes, let us vow to ourselves to enjoy the beauty of this beautiful planet, each moment..........one step at a time.....
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Mr. D.John - my Grand Father
Whispers of Morning Dew...
My second post here :
Could not write much the past 3-4 days due to my Sharon's [daughter] inter-school competitions...Am glad to be back here ...
My first post was about my Beloved Teacher.. who taught me more than just Anatomy!
This post is about my dearest grand dad - Late Mr. D. John {5th Nov 1925 - 27th Dec 2006}
My grand father was the best husband, best father and best grand father I hav ever come across. He taught me a lot through his silent ways.. through his love and care.. through his songs... his outlook on human life and its values.. even through the way he perceived things which was not meaningful to him perhaps at that moment in time...
He was always the first to buy me good food, great clothes, anything that I required.. always the best host for my friends..
He was a noted speaker, having delivered innumerable speeches in churches, community halls etc. He was the founder of the YMCA in Kulanada [ my native place] .. the first to build a church-coordinated school there.. gave jobs to many educated women in and around the village.. till today, there are many men and women who became bread - winners solely due to my grand dad's helping hand.
One of the greatest character I hav taken note of and also adapting in my life at present is his way of "giving cheerfully" to others.. It doesnt matter whether he has money saved for future purposes, he would simply give cheerfully to those who deserves.. in fact, not only money.. but food too. Any one who hungered always has receieved their belly full , if they came to him..
When I was small, he used to teach me Math... since he was a Math teacher [ retired as DEO..!! ] . I remember being scared of him only then.. But as I climbed heights - slowly but surely - he was proud of me and would often say so.. Wished to see me finish my MDS and acquiring a respectable job.. But God had decided his days and called him back to Heaven - at the appointed time.
Do I complain to God that my grand father was not alive for a few more months?? yes, I do , some times- human that I am !
Do I miss my grand father?? Oh very very ........terribly.
Do I think of him often in a day?? Oh my! not a single day passes by without remembering his jokes..his smile.. his speech.. his omlettes.. his way of making funny faces at us... his wonderful tongue in relishing any good food..
He always used to say " No one should think of us with thankfulness in their hearts that we hav left this earth, rather , we should leave them with memories they can always smile upon, with thoughts of us swelling their hearts with pride. Only then would our lives be complete, our work on earth finished".
Yes, thats what I wish too - now.
May God help us to become such people.. such wonderful beings who would always bring smiles on faces with our very thoughts... not only to our loved ones but also to all those who may know us as we trod this Earth and run our good race!
My second post here :
Could not write much the past 3-4 days due to my Sharon's [daughter] inter-school competitions...Am glad to be back here ...
My first post was about my Beloved Teacher.. who taught me more than just Anatomy!
This post is about my dearest grand dad - Late Mr. D. John {5th Nov 1925 - 27th Dec 2006}
My grand father was the best husband, best father and best grand father I hav ever come across. He taught me a lot through his silent ways.. through his love and care.. through his songs... his outlook on human life and its values.. even through the way he perceived things which was not meaningful to him perhaps at that moment in time...
He was always the first to buy me good food, great clothes, anything that I required.. always the best host for my friends..
He was a noted speaker, having delivered innumerable speeches in churches, community halls etc. He was the founder of the YMCA in Kulanada [ my native place] .. the first to build a church-coordinated school there.. gave jobs to many educated women in and around the village.. till today, there are many men and women who became bread - winners solely due to my grand dad's helping hand.
One of the greatest character I hav taken note of and also adapting in my life at present is his way of "giving cheerfully" to others.. It doesnt matter whether he has money saved for future purposes, he would simply give cheerfully to those who deserves.. in fact, not only money.. but food too. Any one who hungered always has receieved their belly full , if they came to him..
When I was small, he used to teach me Math... since he was a Math teacher [ retired as DEO..!! ] . I remember being scared of him only then.. But as I climbed heights - slowly but surely - he was proud of me and would often say so.. Wished to see me finish my MDS and acquiring a respectable job.. But God had decided his days and called him back to Heaven - at the appointed time.
Do I complain to God that my grand father was not alive for a few more months?? yes, I do , some times- human that I am !
Do I miss my grand father?? Oh very very ........terribly.
Do I think of him often in a day?? Oh my! not a single day passes by without remembering his jokes..his smile.. his speech.. his omlettes.. his way of making funny faces at us... his wonderful tongue in relishing any good food..
He always used to say " No one should think of us with thankfulness in their hearts that we hav left this earth, rather , we should leave them with memories they can always smile upon, with thoughts of us swelling their hearts with pride. Only then would our lives be complete, our work on earth finished".
Yes, thats what I wish too - now.
May God help us to become such people.. such wonderful beings who would always bring smiles on faces with our very thoughts... not only to our loved ones but also to all those who may know us as we trod this Earth and run our good race!
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